PrintHub for Windows

Set up

• Create an account, then open Computers in the console and click Add a computer to get a pairing code. Codes work once and expire after 15 minutes.
• Download PrintHub.exe and run it. If Windows SmartScreen warns about it, choose More info → Run anyway.
• The Settings window opens on first run. Leave the server as https://printhub.uulen.xyz/api, paste the pairing code and click Save.
• A printer icon appears next to the clock. Its dot is green when connected. Tick Start when I sign in so it comes back after a restart.
• The PC and its printers now show in the console and in GET /computers and GET /printers.

Headless set up

For servers and scripted roll-outs, pair from the command line. The code can come from the console or from POST /account/pairingcode.

PrintHub.exe --pair ABCD-EFGH
PrintHub.exe --console        # run without the tray icon, log to the console
PrintHub.exe --list-printers  # show detected printers and capabilities as JSON

How it prints

• PDF jobs are rendered with Windows' own PDF engine. No Adobe Reader or other viewer is needed.
• Raw jobs (ZPL, EPL, ESC/POS, PCL) are sent to the printer unchanged.
• Options such as copies, duplex, paper, bin, color and page ranges are applied per job.
• It only makes outbound HTTPS requests, so it works behind NAT and firewalls with no port forwarding.

Files

Settings and the log are in %APPDATA%\PrintHubCloud\. To move a PC to another account, delete that folder and pair again.